The beautiful and evocative sculpture of Il Sonno (Sleep, c. 1635), in the Galleria Borghese, is by Alessandro Algardi (1598-1654), a sculptor who deserves to be much better known.
Sleep takes the form of a languorous young boy. There are opium poppies entwined in his hair and more lie by his left hand. The black marble reinforces the theme of the sculpture. Comments are closed.
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My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England. Since 2001 I have lived in Italy, where I run private and
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